To celebrate his life and work in the 250th year since his birth, Towner Eastbourne are exhibiting some of J.M.W. Turner's finest watercolours held in private collections. The exhibition seeks to contextualise Turner among his contemporaries, such as Thomas Girtin and John Sell Cotman, and to capture the excitement that developments in landscape painting caused […]

Towner is celebrating Eric Ravilious’s Eastbourne roots with a permanent gallery dedicated to his work. Over 100 works will be on view, including the recently discovered Mackerel Sky (1938) and much-loved pieces such as The Long Man of Wilmington and Cuckmere Haven (both 1939). The gallery will also display work from collaborators such as his […]

A real treat for Sussex art-lovers, this exhibition takes in work from the late nineteenth century all the way through to the present day and showcases those not normally included in discussions about modernism. These artists include those who opposed modernism, those who came before or after it, and artists from the 1960s and 1980s […]

Born Marjorie Watson-Williams, Vézelay was a British abstract artist who cut her artistic teeth in Paris among Modernist avant-garde greats such as Alexander Calder and Wassily Kandinsky, before experimenting with Surrealism and Constructivism. This exhibition, which debuted at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, offers insight into Vézelay’s seven decade career, featuring paintings, […]

Just announced by Towner Eastbourne, this show will feature works newly acquired by the gallery's Towner Collection. The thematic thread linking each piece is an exploratory notion of landscape and space, with a particular emphasis on impermanence and transience. Works by Nathan Coley, Emma Stibbon, Anne Hardy and Alicja Kwade will be shown.

This exhibition at Towner Eastbourne showcases the work of one of the most respected sculptors in British art, Nigel Hall. Earlier works, such as his American desert sketches from the 1960s, will be shown alongside large-scale drawings and recent sculptural works, which demonstrate the sculptor's recent interest in computer modelling.

Much-loved broadcaster David Dimbleby steps down from his ten-year tenure as Towner’s Chair in grand style. Together with his daughter, artist and writer Liza Dimbleby, he has curated an exhibition featuring 300 drawings, by artists dead and alive, including – draw a deep breath – David Bomberg, Louise Bourgeois, Edward Burra, Prunella Clough, Elisabeth Frink, […]

From November 2023 up until May 2024, 60 local groups were invited by Eastbourne Pottery Studio, to craft unique ceramic pieces. The various groups took part in a free 30 day plate-making workshop scheme, led by top ceramic artists, such as Tim Copsey, Emma Carlow and more. The project accumulated over 400 plates, which will […]